2018 data released
Army & Marine Corps infantry and gun crews, Air Force service and supply handlers and Navy electricians or mechanics are among the military jobs that had the highest numbers of suicides in 2018, according to an analysis released Monday.
Active and reserve service member suicides have increased 2011-18, though national guard has been flat.
“The suicide mortality rate was 24.8 deaths per 100,000 population,” wrote analysts with the DOD Psychological Health Center of Excellence who authored the report.
The suicide rate for reservists was 22.9 deaths per 100,000 while the rate for the National Guard was 30.6 per 100,000, the report states.
That compares with a suicide rates for American adults ages 17-59 of 18.2 per 100,000 in 2017, according to the report.
Personal firearms used 66.5%.
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